Support Our Boston-area Food Heroes

The Needham Community Council Food Pantry serves over 200 Needham households each month, providing customers with food, paper goods, and toiletries. Items are provided by Roche Bros., Sudbury Farms, Volante Farms, Needham Community Farm, Houses of Worship, local schools, Scouts and Postal Workers’ food drives, social organizations, local companies, individuals and donated funds. The Greater Boston Food Bank also is a source of food.

Headquartered in Boston, Lovin’ Spoonfuls facilitates the rescue and distribution of healthy, fresh food that would otherwise be discarded. Lovin’ Spoonfuls works efficiently to deliver this food directly to local meal programs and social service entities serving those in need.

Dedicated to rescuing surplus farm crops for people in need, they distribute high quality, local produce to food pantries by working closely with farmers, providing volunteer labor to harvest what would otherwise be plowed under.

A not-for-profit retail store offering a variety of tasty and affordable foods, including both “grab-n-go” ready to eat meals, and a selection of produce, bread, dairy and grocery items, all at moderate prices.

The store keeps prices affordable by working with a large network of growers, supermarkets, manufacturers, and other suppliers who donate their excess, healthy food, or provide special buying opportunities

Envisions local solutions to the problem of unequal access to fresh, healthy food in suburban and other areas. To achieve their mission, they engage children and adults in activities that provide locally, sustainably grown food to the community, while inspiring an appreciation of how the environment is directly related to our wellbeing. Since 2008, the farm has donated thousands of pounds of produce to the Needham Community Council Food Pantry.